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<blockquote data-quote="dead" data-source="post: 1794057" data-attributes="member: 18707">My friend wants to run a D&amp;D campaign. He's looking for a published campaign setting that's not too complex and not too *detached* from generic D&amp;D. The campaign setting CAN'T be Greyhawk (because I'm running that) and it can't be Dragonlance (because you need to read the novels . . . &quot;more hassle&quot; he says; plus it deviates from core D&amp;D a bit too much). The campaign setting must be a currently in-print 3E publication.At the moment, I know of the following:EbberonA possibility but I'm not too sure how much it deviates from *generic* D&amp;D (coz this is what he's after). He doesn't mind lightning trains and stuff, just not a whole lot of alternate rules. He wants to run *D&amp;D*!KalamarHe's a bit leery of this because he wants a *full* map of the globe; not just a portion of the world. (Yes, yes, he's aware you can create your own but he wants this one mystery answered.)Scarred LandsHe's not keen on this because it doesn't seem to have a *core* campaign setting book like, say, the LGG or FRCS.Forgotten RealmsHe says the FRCS looks too complex. &quot;Too much crunch; why can't it have ZERO crunch like the LGG?&quot;, he says.What other settings are out there that are good for a beginning DM and don't have so many gimmicks that they are no longer *D&amp;D*?Ebberon looks to be winning at the moment. Is it OK for beginning DMs to run? Or is the core setting book really intimidating to a novice (like the FRCS)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dead, post: 1794057, member: 18707"] My friend wants to run a D&D campaign. He's looking for a published campaign setting that's not too complex and not too *detached* from generic D&D. The campaign setting CAN'T be Greyhawk (because I'm running that) and it can't be Dragonlance (because you need to read the novels . . . "more hassle" he says; plus it deviates from core D&D a bit too much). The campaign setting must be a currently in-print 3E publication. At the moment, I know of the following: Ebberon A possibility but I'm not too sure how much it deviates from *generic* D&D (coz this is what he's after). He doesn't mind lightning trains and stuff, just not a whole lot of alternate rules. He wants to run *D&D*! Kalamar He's a bit leery of this because he wants a *full* map of the globe; not just a portion of the world. (Yes, yes, he's aware you can create your own but he wants this one mystery answered.) Scarred Lands He's not keen on this because it doesn't seem to have a *core* campaign setting book like, say, the LGG or FRCS. Forgotten Realms He says the FRCS looks too complex. "Too much crunch; why can't it have ZERO crunch like the LGG?", he says. What other settings are out there that are good for a beginning DM and don't have so many gimmicks that they are no longer *D&D*? Ebberon looks to be winning at the moment. Is it OK for beginning DMs to run? Or is the core setting book really intimidating to a novice (like the FRCS)? [/QUOTE]

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